The Omaha Farmers Market is back, and hundreds of people have packed Aksarben Village to find out what's available.

"It's like they become family after you see them so many months out of the year," shopper Hannah Hopson said.

Organizers have shaken things up and brought in more green by adding two dozen new vendors.

"This season, we have egg rolls that are cooked on site. We have some new produce vendors. I have some new bakers," Omaha Farmers Market Project Coordinator Wendy Bredensteiner said.

It was music to the ears of shoppers.

"It's a wide variety of things: the people are great here; the vendors are great. They're so friendly. It's a great place to be on a Sunday morning," shopper Vicki Hopson said.

The best way to measure growth year after year are the business opportunities beyond the tents.

One bread vendor is making more dough thanks to exposure he gets by selling bread at the market.

"Our loyal customers have gone to restaurants (and asked) them to bring in our product, and little by little, it just has kind of added up to where we're now in quite a few restaurants now in town," Le Quartier Baking Company co-owner Seth Quiring said.

Jones Brothers Cupcakes are just feet from where Quiring sells baked goods every Sunday. Others are also cultivating relationships with nearby businesses.

"We work with quite a few. We work with the Grey Plume, the French Bulldog in Dundee, Pitch Coal-Fire Pizzeria in Dundee," Shadowbrook Farms co-owner Kevin Loth said.

As long as people keep asking, the fresh, locally-grown goods should keep coming.

"I think more people are interested in finding out where their food comes from, and when you come to the market, you can meet the person who grows it and shake their hands, and ask them about what they do," Bredensteiner said.

The farmers market in Aksarben Village is open every Sunday, while the one in Old Market takes place every Saturday from May to mid-October.